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Solids Management Systems – Closed Loop Wash Water Systems
ESD Waste2Water, Inc is excited to announce the NEW Solids Management System (SMS) designed to handle solids above ground while recycling the wash water. The new wash pad design eliminates large in-ground sumps and drive-in pits saving on space and messy clean outs. The SMS is designed to process large amounts of sludge, mud and solid waste generated from washing in a closed loop recycling ...
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Household and manufacturing generate most waste in supply chain
Household and manufacturing generate the largest amounts of waste in the retail supply chain, according to a report published by the Waste & Resources Action Programme. The report, Waste Arisings in the Supply of Food and Drink to Households in the UK, published today, highlights the total economic losses within the UK food and drink chain, as well as breaking down the four areas of the supply ...
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Making the EPA Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule Work For You
The public comment period on the proposed revisions to the hazardous waste management program closed just before the end of 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed these regulations to ”address gaps in the regulations, provide greater flexibility for hazardous waste generators to manage their hazardous waste in a cost-effective and protective manner, and reorganize the ...
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College football fans compete to protect the environment
This fall, colleges across the country will compete to see which schools can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most waste as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2011 Game Day Challenge. Registration for the competition is now open, and champions will be crowned this December. Any college or university in the United States with a football team can compete. The ...
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General Mills Joins U.S. Food Waste Challenge as Founding Partner
General Mills today was named a founding partner of the U.S. Food Waste Challenge, a collaborative initiative between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The U.S. Food Waste Challenge urges producer groups, processors, manufacturers, retailers, communities, and other government agencies to reduce food loss and waste, recover wholesome ...
By 3BL Media
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Updated Polyethylene Terepthalate resin life cycle analysis and calculator
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) announced today the release of an updated Cradle-To-Resin Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin. This study, along with the Association of Plastic Recyclers’ 2018 analysis of recycled resins (both conducted by Franklin Associates, a division of ERG) provides the data to compare energy requirements, solid ...
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$2.5 Million to Prevent Puget Sound Pollution
OLYMPIA, Washington, September 7, 2007 (ENS) - A new Washington state program offers $2.5 million to help local governments in the 12 Puget Sound counties conduct small business technical assistance to reduce and prevent water pollution. Nearly 70 percent of the state's hazardous waste generators are in the Puget Sound region - thousands of small businesses. The Department of Ecology has ...
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EREF Data & Policy Report on Waste Generation Revealed at Waste360 Recycling Summit
The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) introduced its new Data & Policy Report “Municipal Solid Waste Management in the U.S.: 2010 & 2013” at the Waste360 Recycling Summit, held September 19 – 21, 2016 in Austin, Texas (www.waste360recyclingsummit.com). EREF’s Data & Policy Program (formerly named the Internal Research Program) was ...
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EPA challenges colleges to recycle at football games / agency encourages fans to reduce, reuse, recycle
As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2010 Game Day Challenge, colleges across the country will compete to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most waste. Registration for the competition is now open and the winning colleges will be announced in November. Any college or university in the U.S. with a football team can compete, and register through September 30. ...
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New England colleges challenged to reduce, reuse and recycle at football games (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
As part of EPA’s 2010 Game Day Challenge, colleges from across New England and the country are competing to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most waste at football games. Registration for the competition is open until Sept. 30. On Sept. 23 EPA is hosting a free informational webinar from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT to discuss the 2010 Game Day Challenge. Colleges and universities can ...
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Covanta Wallingford receives OSHA VPP star award for workplace safety and health excellence
Covanta Energy, a world leader in the development and operation of large scale Energy-from-Waste and other renewable energy projects, has announced its Wallingford, CT facility was awarded the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs “VPP STAR” designation for workplace safety and health excellence. The “VPP STAR” recognition is the highest ...
By Covanta
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Eco Waste Solutions to supply waste management equipment for Mt Milligan
Eco Waste Solutions is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to design, build and supply their Eco Model waste system complete with building enclosure, for the Mt. Milligan Copper-Gold Project, in northern BC. Eco Waste Solutions was selected by the BCMJV (British Columbia Mining Joint Venture) – a Fluor-AMEC joint venture, the EPCM for this mining project. This ...
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Rehrig Pacific Funds Named EREF Internship
Rehrig Pacific Company has funded the company’s first named internship for the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF). EREF’s Data & Policy Program (D&P) was developed as part of the foundation’s efforts to expand its mission to advance knowledge and education for sustainable solid waste management. The primary objective of the D&P is to aggregate and ...
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Nicholas Meat LLC installs GWE technologies to reduce the environmental impact of their facility
As part of a drive to upgrade their management of both liquid and solid wastes generated in their facility and greatly improve their overall environmental and energy footprint of their operations, Nicholas Meat LLC is installing an environmentally harmonious wastewater treatment system and award-winning waste-to-energy technology. The new facilities will be designed to recover both energy and ...
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Covanta to build and Operate a US$302m expansion at the H-Power energy-from-waste facility
Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE: CVA), announced today that its subsidiary, Covanta Honolulu Resource Recovery Venture, has amended its existing service agreement with the City and County of Honolulu, HI to include its activities as the designer, builder and operator of a US$302 million expansion of the H-POWER Energy-from-Waste facility in Honolulu, HI. The 900 ton per day (TPD) expansion ...
By Covanta
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Order for EfW Plant in Thailand
A consortium formed by Hitachi Zosen Corporationand KPN Green Energy Solution Co., Ltd.(KPN), engaged in the engineering of renewable energy plants in Thailand,has received an order from WPGE Phetchaburi Co., Ltd. (WPP) for an Energy-from-Waste plant comprising a stoker-type waste incinerator with a processing capacity of 476tons per day and power output of 7,900kilowatts. Project outline ...
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Sustaining the Natural Beauty on the Ascension Islands
It’s a fantastic honour to have been asked to provide a solution to The Ascension Islands. A beautiful location just south of the equator. An incredibly remote location, with a population of approximately 800 people including a US Airforce base housing 200 residents. Being surrounded by so much ocean and with a limited amount of land means that solid waste is a serious issue that needs to ...
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Reducing Waste Pollution in the Southern Mediterranean
Countries bordering the south and east of the Mediterranean need to continually improve many aspects of environmental management to reduce pollution in the sea, according to a new assessment. The "Horizon 2020 Mediterranean report - Toward shared environmental information systems" has been coordinated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the United Nations Environment ...
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25th Anniversary of Pollution Prevention Act Serves as Reminder That Everyone Can Take Steps for a Healthy Environment
Each year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency celebrates Pollution Prevention Week – the third week in September – to highlight ways the agency is working with an array of organizations to prevent pollution right from the start. The 2015 week-long observance is particularly important since it marks the 25th anniversary of the Pollution Prevention Act, the law which established ...
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EPA settles with waste treatment facility in Washington for hazardous waste violations
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $304,500 settlement with Perma-Fix Northwest Richland (Perma-Fix), a waste treatment facility, for failure to properly manage hazardous waste and PCB waste at its facility in Richland, Washington. Perma-Fix, which acquired the facility on June 13, 2007, has cooperated with EPA to improve its waste management procedures and come into ...
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